Whether GoDaddy is a "competent and experienced customer service
oriented organization" is open to question, based on my personal
experience. -- David
GoDaddy.com to take over management of RegisterFly domains after scandal
By Eric Bangeman | Published: May 29, 2007 - 12:19PM CT
GoDaddy.com will assume management of the over 850,000 domain names left
high and dry by RegisterFly in the wake of the latter's financial
problems and imminent loss of accreditation by ICANN. GoDaddy.com,
RegisterFly, and ICANN reached an agreement under which GoDaddy.com
would automatically move the domains still under RegisterFly's control
to GoDaddy.com.
The problems at RegisterFly came to light in February, when the
registrar violated ICANN's Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy by failing to
unlock tens of thousands of domain names. RegisterFly had also neglected
to pay its accreditation fees to ICANN. A court battle for control of
RegisterFly ensued, with CEO Kevin Medina being ousted and then
reinstated by a federal court.
Medina had been accused of misappropriating company funds to pay for
liposuction and escort services, among other things. After he was fired,
Medina reportedly deleted some passwords and kept others at RegisterFly
from accessing billing records.
The agreement marks the end of ICANN's efforts to find a solution to the
mess at RegisterFly, one that would ensure that RegisterFly's customers
would maintain control over their domain names. "ICANN had been actively
seeking participants to act as a transfer provider to bulk transfer
RegisterFly records to another accredited registrar," said ICANN CEO
Paul Twomey. "We have ended that process because the GoDaddy.com
agreement is a better solution for RegisterFly customers since it's a
direct and automatic transfer to a competent and experienced customer
service oriented organization."
Under the terms of the agreement between GoDaddy.com, RegisterFly, and
ICANN, all RegisterFly domain names and the data underlying its proxy
service will be transferred to GoDaddy.com. All RegisterFly customers
will be notified of the switch by GoDaddy.com, which has set up a page
to help owners of the affected domains with the switch.
--
David Solomonoff, President
Internet Society of New York
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isoc-ny.org
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